‘Real-Time Control’

An Engineeringtalk guide

Start with the news release Thermometers feature advanced signal processing from Ircon, which we summarised at the time by saying "Ircon has introduced the Modline 6 Series of infrared thermometers with advanced signal processing and background-reflected energy compensation capabilities. ". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Insertion probes monitor bioproduction process from Stratophase: "Stratophase has collaborated with the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) to develop an insertion probe variant of its Spectrosens system. ".

In November 2009, we covered the news from Q-Sys - take a look at Q-Sys provides custom-designed motion systems which says: "Q-Sys offers a complete design-and-build service for all types of precision motion and positioning systems. ".

Take a look also at the news release from ABB Automation Tech (Drives and Motors), ABB drives reduce swimming pool energy bills, as well as CMOS digital photo IC for colour sensing from Hamamatsu Photonics , and Laser Design system checks injection mould tooling from Laser Design.

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Birchwood sealants prevent rust and corrosion (November 2009)

Birchwood Casey offers a full line of eight different aqueous and solvent-based inhibitors and sealants to prevent rust and corrosion on all metal surfaces.

Actuator system for sampling applications (November 2009)

Heason Technology has launched a low-cost modular actuator range for pick-and-place and sample dispensing in life science and other analytical equipment applications.

NI expands HIL simulation platform (November 2009)

National Instruments (NI) has announced the expansion of its hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation platform, which includes numerous products to optimise embedded system validation.

SGS offers acoustic emission testing package (November 2009)

SGS is offering an acoustic emission testing (AET) package, which allows users to locate structural defects and to monitor the material for discontinuities.

Martek releases compact onboard DC/DC converters (November 2009)

Martek Power has announced the release of the 200UFR series compact 2W onboard DC/DC converters.

Guide covers specification of rail conduit systems (November 2009)

A guide to specifying flexible conduit systems for the rail industry has been launched by Adaptaflex.

Liberty University wins simulation software grant (November 2009)

Simio has awarded a USD300,000 (GBP180,000) simulation software grant to the School of Engineering and Computational Science at Liberty University in Virginia.

E2S adds trumpet horns to range of warning devices (November 2009)

The Spectra range of industrial warning devices from European Safety Systems (E2S) now includes 100dB and 110dB trumpet horns designed to provide an effective penetrating low-frequency buzzer sound.

Wireless encoder interface for real-time control

SwiftComm was designed from the ground up for motion control applications, providing an extremely robust wireless signal in real time over a secure network.
System runs real-time control over Etherenet

PowerDNA (which refers to distributed, networked automation and control) is a system that sets new benchmarks for hard real-time I/O using standard Ethernet cabling.